schedule is posted usually in the middle of week 13, in this case the week between season1 and season2, We're entering week 9 today, so it should be some time between april 22nd and 28th if i counted correctly. by all means wait for that schedule since one or two new tracks are often released in week 13 and usually these are squeezed into the schedules so we have some "incentive" to buy usually there are 4 free tracks in each d-class schedule, so if you pick up another 4 you can run a whole season (the best 8 out of 12 weeks count, also the 4$ participation bonus is linked to having done 8 races in one series).

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You can put iRacing dollars/credits on your account in advance if there's a reason to set that money aside now, I'm assuming once it's on the account you can also get the bulk discount.

I figure the most economical route is $15 each for 7 tracks is $105, which will be $84 with the bulk discount, and the skip is $12, so if you take the $100-for-$75 discount they have running right now, you actually end up with 7 tracks and the car for $69 (6 dollars left as credits). Which is nearly the entire season. Or if you own the skip, 8 tracks for $72ish. Or if you want the skip now to practice up, a couple dollars less since it's not part of the bulk purchase.

Seems like a reasonable deal if you can make it happen. Though I'm still kinda hesitant to spend $75 for one series worth content, I guess I'm not used to iRacing finances yet.

You can put iRacing dollars/credits on your account in advance if there's a reason to set that money aside now, I'm assuming once it's on the account you can also get the bulk discount.

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Yes, if you load up on discount credits, you can also get the bulk discount. That's the most cost-effective way to do it, especially since credits never expire.

I'm with Eckhart, don't try and grab all 12 tracks for the season. Probably three will be base content, then I suggest buying any tracks in common between the Skippy and SRF which will give you several options each week (or the ability to run the SRF if you don't own that week's Skippy track). Ask around and look at previous season results and try to get popular tracks at first.

Check out the official Skip forum on iRacing, specifically the one titled "track rotation" by Martin Peck. Every season, Martin holds a vote as to which tracks everyone wants the following season, and then submits the final tallies to iRacing. The result of that vote is more or less what the following season looks like, so that thread will at least give you an idea of what to expect next season.

Edit: I just realized I basically repeated what Bakkster said in his post. But either way, check out the forum.

yep, take advantage of the bulk discount now, keep it in the piggy bank and buy the stuff once the schedule is out. being a thrifty chap, that's what i have done in the last 24 months,
but of course all the discount talk is nonsense since we are not dealing with a market at all, but with a monopolist (though not as greedy a monopolist as some disgruntled chaps would make us believe)..

Is it plausible to know the weather a couple weeks prior. I wanted to possibly get my team to practice for the first Super Late Model race at New Smyrna and create a stable setups, etc. with no interruption. But is weather only available a day or so before the official races?